# US 2022/0036600 A1 · Method and system for processing thermal video images > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0036600 A1 - Document ID: US20220036600A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/275,976 - Filed: 2019-09-13 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-14 - Assignees: Paula Gebe Abreu Cabral - Inventors: Paula Gebe Abreu Cabral - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220036600A1 ## CPC - A61B 5/015: {By temperature mapping of body part} - A61B 5/0075: {by spectroscopy, i.e. measuring spectra, e.g. Raman spectroscopy, infrared absorption spectroscopy (A61B5/0071 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens} - G01K 3/14: in respect of space - G06T 7/0012: {Biomedical image inspection} - G06T 11/10: Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) - G06V 10/143: Sensing or illuminating at different wavelengths - H04N 23/23: from thermal infrared radiation - A61B 5/4312: {Breast evaluation or disorder diagnosis (optical mammography A61B5/0091)} - A61B 5/7267: {involving training the classification device} - G06T 2200/24: involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] - G06T 2207/10016: Video; Image sequence - G06T 2207/10048: Infrared image - G06T 2207/20221: Image fusion; Image merging - G06T 2207/30068: Mammography; Breast - G06T 2207/30096: Tumor; Lesion - G06V 2201/03: Recognition of patterns in medical or anatomical images - H04N 1/644: {using a reduced set of representative colours, e.g. each representing a particular range in a colour space} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method and system for processing thermal video images and thermal video images of patients, using a method of real-time demarcation of the macro aspect of the region of interest, generated by MIR and LIR electromagnetic wave emission and merging of the real image, with improvement of the image, also in real time, allowing for analysis of the micro aspect by means of NIR electromagnetic wave emission, for spectral identification of the sample by infrared vibrational spectroscopy. The method and system pertains to the fields of medicine, biomedicine, and electrical engineering. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for processing thermometric video images of patients comprising the steps of: a) delimiting a region of interest and recording of anomalies not visible to the naked eye, through the emission of electromagnetic waves MIR and LIR; b) taking thermometry video of the region of interest through the emission of electromagnetic waves MIR and LIR; c) identifying anomalies not visible to the naked eye for spectral analysis of the sample through the emission of NIR electromagnetic waves; and d) adjusting the resolution of the generated video thermogram. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method for processing thermometric video images, according to claim 1, further comprising a step of detecting discrepancies of temperatures in the region of interest, after the step of taking thermometry video. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method for processing thermometric video images according to claim 2, further comprising a step of constructing color ranges of a color palette on a uniform gradient background capable of moving over a maximum temperature bar and minimal forming a desired thermometric video image. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method for processing thermometric video images according to claim 3, wherein the color palette comprises a combination of colors, positioning and movement associated with one or more isotherms. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method for processing thermometric video images according to claim 4, wherein the selected isotherms are grouped at predetermined intervals, on the maximum and minimum temperature bar, in which the isotherms can be moved to find the desired thermometric video image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method for processing thermometric video images according to claim 3, further comprising a step of application of the color palette in the generated video thermogram. ### Claim 7 A system for processing thermometric video images of patients, comprising: a) means of acquisition of a video thermogram comprising at least one reading head; and b) manipulating the video thermogram configured to receive the video thermogram generated by the means of acquisition. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system for processing thermometric video images according to claim 7, wherein the means of acquisition comprises a reading head in the infrared bands NIR, MIR and LIR associated with a camera for image fusion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system for processing thermometric video images according to claim 8, wherein the acquisition in the NIR infrared range generates a sample spectrum in the thermometric video image. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system for processing thermometric video images according to claim 7, wherein the means of manipulating the video thermogram comprises a uniform gradient base, forming a maximum and minimum temperature bar of the thermometric video image; and a color palette, built with a range of colors, that moves over that temperature bar to find the desired thermometric video image. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system for processing thermometric video images according to claim 10, wherein the color palette comprises additionally a parallel bar of isotherms, in which a predetermined temperature range, represented by solid colors, is selected to be moved over the temperature bar finding similar temperature areas. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system for processing thermometric video images according to claim 10, wherein the means of manipulating the video thermogram comprises a simultaneous visualization tool of the existing color palettes, represented by superimposed mini images, in which the overlays of mini images are highlighted when selected for manipulating the thermometric video image.